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Comment by Tolki

"And next up is Billy Babaganoosh, an auto worker who has a thing for mufflers! OOOOH! And he's down in the splooge pool! It looks like he fell on his favorite muffler, good luck getting that one out Billy!"

The spelling babaganoosh, and the quote above, refers to MXC, the Spike Television show that combines kooky old Japaneese game show footage with in-character yet oddball and comical English in place of the real dialouge to hilarious effect. A favorite voice-over name for contestants is Babaganoosh.

Babaganoosh itself is a play on Baba ghanoush, a Middle Eastern dish that looks like vomit.

What is the point of all this? This NPC is the most flippin' awesome NPC in the game.

Comment by Kanfazar

Too grumpy to give you directions like most other NPCs in Dalaran.

Comment by KieranDH

The purple robe, the name and the fact that he's a wizard lead me to believe that this might be a subtle Kid Icarus reference.

(For those that don't know, baba ghanoush is made from eggplant and the old NES game, Kid Icarus, has an enemy by the name of Eggplant Wizard. Those who used to watch the old Captain Power and the N Team cartoons might also remember him. :)

EDIT: And yes, I know that purple is the color of Dalaran/Kirin Tor, but...I don't know. It was honestly the first thing that sprang to mind when I saw his name, after having a hearty chuckle over Fansy Goodbringer. 8)

Comment by Draol

Anyone find it ironic when you talk to him, he says, "Pleased to meetcha!"?